Care Assistant

**_Benefits:_**

The Private Care Company aim to employ and retain the highest quality bank health care assistants in Brighton and Hove and in return for your skills, experience and commitment we offer excellent working conditions and benefits including:

- Flexible working daily bank shifts (7am-7pm, 7am-1pm or 6pm-11pm)
- £5-£7.50 petrol expense per shift
- Structured routes with clustered calls
- Minimum 30-minute call time
- Excellent career progression and extensive training opportunities including The Care Certificate and Health and Social Care Diplomas (Levels 3 and 5)
- £150 Training Incentive payment paid on completion of the first three months employment
- A friendly and supportive management team
- Regular communication including monthly newsletters and recognition awards

**_Job Description_**

The Private Care Company is a private, award winning and fully independent home care agency. We pride ourselves on our excellent reputation to provide high quality home care services which support our clients to remain independently living in their own homes for as long as possible.

We’re currently looking to recruit several bank health care assistants living in the Brighton & Hove area to cover various shifts due to holidays and sickness. Ideally, you’ll have relevant experience and qualifications, however, we offer full training to those wishing to enter the care industry who have a caring nature and demonstrate our core values of kindness and empathy.

This role would suit someone that is looking for flexible, part-time work - perhaps as a second job.

**_Key Accountabilities:_**
- To deliver all tasks stated on the care plans to an excellent standard and in accordance with all The Private Care Company’s policies and procedures, best practice, agreed standards, legislative requirements, relevant regulations
- To carry out and assist clients of The Private Care Company with a variety of personal and practical care tasks which may include helping to wash, getting dressed, light housework, laundry, shopping etc.
- To support client’s food and fluid intake as directed by the care plan, and to ensure documentation of all intake as per training
- To maintain care skills at the required level and undertake such training and development as may from time to time be required
- To communicate with and report any incidents to the Care Manager as necessary to ensure high standards of care are delivered
- To liaise with other professionals such as district nurses, doctors, pharmacists, occupational therapists etc, to ensure that clients receive a high standard of care
- To manage own workload of allocated client visits and to be responsible for documenting each client visit on the online care planning app

**_Skills / Experience / Knowledge:_**
- The Care Certificate (full training provided)
- Multi-skilled care delivery capability
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Full, clean UK driving licence and own car (essential)

**_Person Profile:_**
- Team player
- Ability to think on feet
- Kind, caring and patient
- Able to manage difficult situations
- Reliable
- Lives in local area - **we are unable to provide sponsorship for overseas applicants**:

- Has full, clean driving licence and own car

**_Available bank shifts:_**
- 0700 - 1900hrs - £120.75/shift
- 0700 - 1300hrs - £68/shift
- 1800 - 2300hrs - £57.50/shift

careworker, support worker, carer, healthcare, domiciliary care

**Job Type**: Part-time
Part-time hours: 5-50 per week

**Salary**: From £11.50 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free or subsidised travel
- Referral programme
- Wellness programme

Schedule:

- Day shift

COVID-19 considerations:
Uniform, PPE and regular lateral flow tests provided

**Experience**:

- care: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- driving licence and access to a car (required)

Work Location: On the road